[Mage] Legendary Meta Gem

For a legendary gem, it's looking pretty sad. I might just stick with Burning.

Last edited by Polarthief; 2013-03-05 at 05:27 AM.

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I dont see how fire's procrate is so much lower. Is it really because we use some dots that we will proc it far more often thus the base has to be allot lower? In that case I dont see how its half of for example affliction locks and like 1/6th of boomkins.

I dont see how fire's procrate is so much lower. Is it really because we use some dots that we will proc it far more often thus the base has to be allot lower? In that case I dont see how its half of for example affliction locks and like 1/6th of boomkins.

The "number of events that can trigger a proc" does not have any Impact on the procrate. You will have many event with a low proc chance vs. less events with a higher proc chance. That's why blizzard invented this new system called RPPM to not give specs with lots of dots etc. an advantage with higher uptimes as with the old PPM.
And now they "manipulate" the new RPPM by introducing factors for each spec. Clever! No clue why.

Am I going nuts? I was under the impression this "legendary meta" was going to be in addition to the current primals metas. Did I make that up in an ambien empowered dream or did I read that a while back?

Am I going nuts? I was under the impression this "legendary meta" was going to be in addition to the current primals metas. Did I make that up in an ambien empowered dream or did I read that a while back?

I think a lot of us just assumed this would be the case. I know I did. I was pretty disappointed when I saw a blue post that said it was a replacement.

Whelp! That's pretty lame, but that being said there better be some hard evidence that the legendary meta doesn't parse as well for fire as the current primal. I have an extremely hard time believing it could come out worse.

Whelp! That's pretty lame, but that being said there better be some hard evidence that the legendary meta doesn't parse as well for fire as the current primal. I have an extremely hard time believing it could come out worse.

Seeing that super-low coefficient tells me the DPS gain will be very small.

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Seeing that super-low coefficient tells me the DPS gain will be very small.

Being that's it's a PPM system, there has to be a reasoning for it. Now this is an assumption, but don't you suppose the design intent for this gem to be about equal in dps gains across most classes? As it is not yet a "legendary" that guilds work toward one person getting yet it should be, in my opinion, approximately equal in worth to everyone. This is based off just gaming experience and my personal feelings, not math. But doesn't that sound like what they would be shooting for?

yes, but I'm assuming with the changes that dot damage is taken into account now, hence the fire multiplier being so low. If it works out at 1.8 base procs per minute they've done a good job of the new balancing, I'll not hold my breath for that though :P

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